Women of Impact

Cake in the Making

October 08, 2010
 Tai Chopping (that’s really her name!) is an English-born chef, who’s known in the culinary industry for helping NYC’s Del Posto restaurant achieve coveted status. She now teaches at the French Culinary Institute where she passes on wisdom obtained from 21 years in the field - including stints with famed…
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'Angel' With a Cause

August 03, 2010
September 2011 When Malaak Compton-Rock and her celebrity husband, comedian Chris Rock, auctioned themselves off to go on a double date to a Knicks game, it was far from a publicity stunt. Instead, the couple was raising money for their Journey for Change: Empowering Youth through Global Service organization, which…
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In Her Heels

July 16, 2010
July 2011 When Ruthie Davis was growing up, people always told her she was too much—she studied too hard, ran too fast, her clothes were too edgy and her shoes were too high. Those nay-sayers, however, only fueled her ambition. Ruthie turned her one-of-a-kind style into a brand name when…
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Tory Johnson

November 04, 2009
I just came back from a session that Tory Johnson ran. It was her Women for Hire conference in New York. Tory is an expert on recruitment and does special stories for Good Morning America on career issues.  The career fair that Women for Hire ran was directed to women out of work and looking…
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